Dimensional standards
Lot
- Minimum lot areaMinimum lot areaThe smallest parcel on which the district allows anything to be built.
- 21,780,000 sq ftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000. (500 acacre43,560 square feet — about the size of an American football field without the end zones.)
Uses
Permitted by right16
- Utility service/minor
- Business or trade school
- Educational facility
- Science and technology center
- Research, experimental, and technology center
- Construction office, temporary
- Office, general
- Contractor's yard
- Data warehouse center
- Energy storage facility
- Flex industrial
- Laboratory
- Outdoor storage, construction material (temporary)
- Renewable energy generation facility
- Warehousing and distribution
- Water storage tank
Conditional / special use7
Accessory1
Extracted standards
3 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Lighting
- Exterior lighting impact
Exterior lighting in the ET district must be established with minimal impact to neighboring properties and the regional skyline.
Noise
- Noise mitigation
A narrative addressing the noise that is expected to emanate from the uses in the district and a preliminary description of measures to be taken to mitigate noise
Other
- Screening requirement
all structures must be sufficiently screened...such that structures will not create a material-adverse visual impact on neighboring properties, the James River, or historic sites
From the ordinance
Minimum district size: 500 acres of contiguous land. The maximum height of any structure shall be 75 feet.